A tweaked FDI in retail will happen after polls: Kaushik Basu

January 06, 2012 15:42

The government's Chief Economic Adviser, the affable Kaushik Basu told NDTV today that the government will be able to move ahead with the economic reforms programme, including FDI in retail, with some tweaking -- after the Assembly elections.

"The elections are now around the corner...Once the rush of politics is over and then with some tweaking, it is basically responsiveness to opinion across the board in the country, we will be able to take some of the things forward,"
Basu said to NDTV 24X7.

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